DAM Meetup NYC Q&A Session
Leela Abbot writing on her personal blog describes a recent DAM meetup she conducted in New York. She describes the session in some detail with […]
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Modern Uses For Taxonomies In The Context Of IT Solutions
In their continuing “eTaxonomy” series, Earley associates consider areas where taxonomies (and the information science theory behind them) have been integrated into IT solutions:
- Search
- Document and Records Management
- Content Management
- Digital Asset Management
- Ecommerce
- Marketing Campaign Management
This is taken from their Digital Asset Management entry:
“We are …
Continue reading »Stock Media Library Survival And The Future Value Of IP Assets In A Deflationary Market
In this Photpreneur.com blog article, the subject of the declining price of stock photography is discussed and the impact upon the survival of smaller stock libraries in particular. The causes discussed include publishers acting in a more aggressive manner over pricing and terms as well as amateurs (mainly from …
Continue reading »Up To 30% Of Marketing Budgets “Wasted” Due To Poor Quality Data
One of our featured DAM vendors, MailPrint, features a guest article by Erin Haselkorn from Experian QAS on their blog who discusses how inadequate controls on your data entry and acquisition processes can have a devastating impact on the ROI obtained from marketing campaigns as well as sales …
Continue reading »Microsoft Silverlight Strategy “Has Shifted”
As reported on this ZDNet blog post by professional Microsoft watcher, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft have been somewhat less enthusiastic about Silverlight than HTML5 over the last few months and this has been the source of some irritation for those developers who invested time and effort into learning the technology:…
Continue reading »Taxonomy Creation And Management Software Overview
Heather Hedden, author of The Accidental Taxonomist has written an overview of the software tools available for developing taxonomies for FUMSI.com. She covers six main categories:
- Software Not Designed for Creating Taxonomies
- Thesaurus Software
- Single-User Desktop Thesaurus Software
- Free and Open Source Software
- Other Software with Taxonomy Management Components
Search Usability: Ask Why Users Search To Enhance ROI From Enterprise Search Technology
John Brunswick writing on the Enterprise 2.0 blog encourages implementers of enterprise search to consider what problems users are trying to solve when they carry out searches using Enterprise Search technology. Using the analogy: “Why Lance Armstrong doesn’t ride a mountain bike”, John makes the point that too much emphasis …
Continue reading »The Four Cornerstones Of DAM
DAM consultants, Daydream, have released an article called “The Four Cornerstones of Digital Asset Management” where they give a summary of their methodology for implementing DAM solutions. A little controversially, they assert that only 4 factors are required for a successful DAM project: Assets, Metadata, Workflow and Permissions:
“Each …
Continue reading »Palgrave DAM Journal Releases “Mega Metadata Issue”
Palgrave Macmillan, publishers of the Digital Asset Management Journal have just released what they are calling their “Mega Metadata Issue”, this includes a number of articles all around the theme of metadata:
- How mature is your metadata model?
- Metadata: Principles, practical application, best practices, optimization and workflow
- Taxonomies and
Streaming Media West: LA, November 3rd-4th 2010
The Streaming Media West conference covering all things digital video related commences next week between 3rd and 4th November 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Century, Los Angeles.
“With more than 100 speakers and 30 sessions, Streaming Media West is still the one online video show that is solely focused …
Continue reading »Earley Announces Taxonomy Webinars
Earley Associates has announced a series of forthcoming Taxonomy related webinars. The subject to be covered include:
- Optimising content presentation for cross-selling and up-selling.
- How to use data-mining to identify innovative re-use opportunities from digital assets
- How to leverage metadata in marketing campaign design and analysis.
- The role of
Controlled Vocabularies: Adding Meaning To Search
In this article, Sarah Saunders of Electric Lane discusses the need for Controlled Vocabularies in addition to text search systems that rely solely on user keywords:
“The problem anyone keyboarding images faces is this. Language is a wonderful, expressive tool for communication, there are many ways to say the …
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